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Perfect! She’s ready to roll! Thank you!Blip....
The bolt guide-rod is probably on the wrong side of the bolt.
Remove the bolt.....rotate the guide-rod to the right side of the bolt, and reinstall.
In what way do you consider the bolt guide to be "the biggest design weakness"??The bolt guide was the biggest design weakness of the otherwise perfect rifle thru the early 3 action lengths,it drove me to the 75,very close to perfect and then the downhill run with the accountants designing Sakos....
You bought a used rifle that by your own admission somebody had "buggered around with" & now suddenly the bolt guide is the "biggest design weakness"??? Really???Ah,just come back in after a few years,apologies! Ever since I had a 243 bolt locked solid( that I had just bought,second hand,yes,somebody and buggered around with it)I developed a twitch on the bolt guide and and anti rotation stop.
You bought a used rifle that by your own admission somebody had "buggered around with" & now suddenly the bolt guide is the "biggest design weakness"??? Really???
We’re going to need a photo or two…the lips don’t appear to be moving in the previous photos.Watch my lips,'yep'
Thanks! They are inlays by an extremely clever guy in Oamaru NZ.Factory stock by the way,he has used silver,ebony,various rare native woods and mother of pearl.He done the ebony grip cap and fore end cap.We’re going to need a photo or two…the lips don’t appear to be moving in the previous photos.
Very nice looking rifle you have tho! Are those inlays or decals?
I have had about 6 L461 and about 5 579s,no long actions.Always been my favourite rifle,even after the first disaster of buying a forester 243 at a young age.Outwardly perfect,but previous owner must have taken bolt guide off to clean in circlip rotation slot,anyway he lost spring and rotation stop,prob didnt even know.Anyway,first shot recoil slides bolt guide in behind bolt lug,jammed solid.Anyway,continued to buy them over the years until Sako recognised finally that the guide was surplus and a design weakness and we havent seen it since.Not a good idea to take bolt guide off bolt,it appears to be more mild steel than tensile and you have to have some preload while you reinstall.Have 2 75s now and foreverAh,just come back in after a few years,apologies! Ever since I had a 243 bolt locked solid( that I had just bought,second hand,yes,somebody and buggered around with it)I developed a twitch on the bolt guide and and anti rotation stop.
First things first.......(assuming we're dealing with an A series bolt assembly).I have had about 6 L461 and about 5 579s,no long actions.Always been my favourite rifle,even after the first disaster of buying a forester 243 at a young age.Outwardly perfect,but previous owner must have taken bolt guide off to clean in circlip rotation slot,anyway he lost spring and rotation stop,prob didnt even know.Anyway,first shot recoil slides bolt guide in behind bolt lug,jammed solid.Anyway,continued to buy them over the years until Sako recognised finally that the guide was surplus and a design weakness and we havent seen it since.Not a good idea to take bolt guide off bolt,it appears to be more mild steel than tensile and you have to have some preload while you reinstall.Have 2 75s now and forever